[Asterisk-Users] One touch voicemail on Cisco 7940/60

[Simon Morris]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 21:36 +0100, Ron Wellsted wrote:
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> Morris, Simon wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to program my Cisco phones to authenticate themselves to
> > voicemail upon hitting the right button on my 7940/60's
> >
> > Ideally the voicemail app will detect which extension the call is
> coming
> > from and drop the user straight into the menu.
> >
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> > ~sm
> 
> Yes this is possible.
> 
> In your extensions.conf:
> 
> exten => _8501,1,Answer()
> exten => _8501,2,VoicemailMain(s${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => _8501,3,Hangup()
> 
> then program the messages button to dial 8501 either via settings, SIP
> Settings, Messages URI (set to 8501) or in the SIPDefault.cnf file
> 

That method works perfectly - thanks to all that took the time to answer

~sm